A rare case of lactobacillus acidophilus presenting as mitral valve bacterial endocarditis

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-425

  Makaryus, Amgad N ^a   Yang, Rayson ^a   Hahn, Rebecca T ^a   Kort, Smadar ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 18744412130     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.04054.x     Document Type: Article

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